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The Detroit Lions were on a bye this week, meaning their fate in Dave Birkett’s weekly NFL power rankings was left to the other teams. Where are they at now going into a game against the Dolphins, who just took down the Bears? Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press

Though the Lions used backup quarterbacks Matt Cassel and Jake Rudock to simulate both Osweiler and Ryan Tannehill in practice Wednesday, Lions safety Glover Quin said he expected Osweiler to get the nod after throwing for a career-high 380 yards in an overtime win over the Chicago Bears last week.

"I felt like it," Quin said. "I mean, those injuries are tough to come back from."

Dolphins coach Adam Gase ruled Tannehill out on Wednesday with a right shoulder injury he suffered in a Week 5 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Tannehill practiced in full last Wednesday and was limited on Thursday and Friday before he was a surprise inactive against the Bears.

"Right now we’re taking it a day at a time, and it’s really been one of those things where we got to kind of regroup and figure out where he’s at," Gase said in a conference call with Detroit reporters Wednesday. "Last week, kind of he went downhill from the start of the week to the end of the week and Saturday he didn’t throw and then he tried to throw on Sunday and it just didn’t work out as what we thought. He went back and he had some more evaluations from some other doctors and we think right now this is the best thing for us to do for this week and then we’ll re-evaluate it at the end of the week.

"And I thought Brock did a good job. He ran the offense, he executed the calls the right way and when things weren’t exactly right he did a good job of finding a way to get the ball into one of our skill guys’ hands or to throw the ball away.”

Osweiler is 14-12 as a starter in a career that has spanned seven seasons for four different teams and has taken some unique turns along the way.

Osweiler's stay in Houston was short-lived as he struggled in his one season as a starter – he completed just 59 percent of his passes in 2016 and threw more interceptions (16) than touchdowns (15) – and was traded along with a second-round pick to the Cleveland Browns last year.

He signed with Miami this offseason as insurance for Tannehill, who was returning from a torn ACL, and last Sunday he threw three touchdowns passes to lead the Dolphins' upset of the Bears.

"He’s got a big arm, he can throw the ball, and their offense, they like to throw the ball deep," Quin said. "They’ve got fast guys, and he definitely can do that. He’s been with the head coach, Adam Gase, he was with him in Denver so he has a great understanding of the offense. And I mean, he’s in warm weather. Playing up in Denver in the cold, playing in Miami in the warm – and he made a lot of money on the way – shoot, he’s probably on Cloud 9 right now having a good time. Playing free, having fun."

Quin said he "would have peeked" at film of Tannehill on Wednesday night had the Dolphins not announced Osweiler as their starter, but that the quarterback decision does not alter the Lions' defensive game plan one bit.

"It doesn’t make no difference," defensive lineman Ricky Jean Francois said. "They still got to run the same scheme."

Lions coach Matt Patricia said the Dolphins do incorporate more read-option into their offense with Tannehill under center, especially on third downs, but that the "fundamental philosophy behind all of it" is the same.

"People think there’s a huge difference," Quin said. "Yeah, Tannehill may run a little more, but it’s not like Brock can’t run. You look at what Tannehill was doing, it wasn’t like he was coming out trying to run for 50, 60 yards a game. If you gave him a situation where he had to pull it and run it, he did it. Well, Brock can do the same thing. If it’s short-yardage, something like that, and they do a zone-read and you don’t cover the quarterback and all they got to do is get 2 or 3 yards for a first down, Brock can do that as well. I don’t know if it’s going to be that much of a difference in what they try to do offensively, but we’ll be ready to go."